Polish-Language Newspaper in
Greenpoint Survives Despite Odds
Even though the Polish community of Greenpoint is declining, a Polish-language weekly there
is reportedly thriving. That newspaper is Kurier
Plus, located on the second floor of a building on
Java Street. The paper has only two in-house workers and one part-time computer person, and the writers all send in their articles, according to the
Columbia Journalism Review. Kurier Plus has only
one rival weekly, Nowy Dziennik, which used to be
published in Greenpoint but is now published in
New Jersey. Agnieszka Granatowska, editor-inchief of Echo Polonijne, a free quarterly published
by the Polish Slavic Center, told the Columbia Journalism Review, “Generally speaking, the Polonia
here in New York City are learning toward publications that deal exclusively with the events happen-

ing around Polish communities in the United States
— events and news that one cannot simply find on
the internet.”

Bushwick Tenant Shames
‘Worst Landlord in NYC’
To Give Security Deposit Back
An unhappy tenant in Bushwick got his $2,550 security
deposit back in a very unorthodox way. Seth Callaway and
his wife moved out of their apartment at 142 Grove St. in
February and expected to be reimbursed for their security
deposit sooner rather than later. The apartment belongs to
Silvershore Properties, whose owner, Jonathan Cohen, was
named the worst landlord in NYC in 2017 by Public Advocate Letitia James. Silvershore didn’t answer emails, calls
or any attempt at communication from Callaway. When two
months passed with no response, the miffed tenant decided
to do something about it. After 100 days, Callaway started
a website www.silvershorted.com, which is dedicated entirely to venting his frustration with the company. He gathered all the negative information he could about
Silvershore, from one-star Yelp reviews to articles about the
property holders’ shortcomings. His site went up on June
14, and in only four days he reached his goal. SilverShore
Properties, who did not want more negative press than they
were already getting, contacted Callaway asking for his
wire details and transferred the money right away, Bklyner
reported. Callaway accomplished all this without having to
file a claim in the New York court system, something that
would have taken a lot more time and money than the $11
he spent on the URL.

NEWS IN BRIEF:

Compiled by: By Raanan Geberer, Clarissa Sosin & Gordon Walker

GREENPOINT | WILLIAMSBURG | BUSHWICK

TOMS to Open First B’klyn Store

TOMS announced it will open its first permanent store in
Williamsburg. The store is famous for its charity program,
which donates a pair of shoes to children in need for every
pair it sells. The shoe manufacturer signed a lease for 1,500
square feet at 160 N. Fourth St., a location owned by RedSky
Capital. The asking rent was $250 per square foot, according
to The Real Deal. The decision to set up shop in Brooklyn
came after the company opened a pop-up store, a sort of temporary shop to test out a location or product, on the Williamsburg corridor in 2017. The pop-up store had such great
success that the shoe manufacturer targeted the area for a permanent location. Trevor Gallina, who represented the tenant
through Isaacs and Company in the sale, said the company
chose this location “based on incredible sales at its pop-up
store and pedestrian traffic that can get close to 25,000 on a
sunny Saturday, which I don’t think most brands realize.” The
space will be modeled off of the company’s Lower East Side
location, which features a cafe inside. This concept seems to
be a recurring idea, as Jane’s Motorcycles uses a similar concept.
The location was occupied by Umami Burger until recently,
when the restaurant closed abruptly for unknown reasons.

3

Bushwick Cracks Top 100
Priciest Neighborhoods in NYC

Neighborhoods in Brooklyn are climbing the list of most
expensive places to live in the New York metro area at an incredible speed. Bushwick housing in particular rose 84 percent
in price compared to 2008, and the median price for an apartment is now $788,700. The neighborhood climbed the ranks
from 189th ten years ago to make the top 100 this year, coming
in at 90th, according to Bloomberg. Experts believe this growth
is due in part to young people. Having been “priced out” of
many neighborhoods in Manhattan and gentrified parts of
Queens and Brooklyn, youth flocked to Ridgewood and Bushwick. Mitchell L. Moss, an urban-planning professor at New
York University, told Bloomberg in a phone interview that as
Williamsburg was flourishing, Bushwick was discovered. “My
students have been priced out of the East Village, and they’re
priced out of Williamsburg, so now they’re living in Bushwick,
and they may buy in Ridgewood,” the professor continued.
This shift has resulted in coworking spaces, underground raves
and neighborhood bars turning neighborhoods into vibrant cultural centers. Other notable rises include Greenpoint jumping
from 94 to 36 and Crown Heights rising from 89 to 44.

Some Williamsburg residents
are wondering whether they
should move out of the area by
April, when MTA’s 15-month
shutdown of the L train in the direction west of Bedford Avenue

begins.
One person, who lives in a
rent-stabilized apartment in the
area and works near Union
Square, recently sought advice
from Gothamist publisher Jake
Dobkin on the subject. Dobkin
counseled him to keep his rentstabilized apartment, saying,

”Jobs come and
go, subway systems collapse and
are rebuilt, but a
good rent-stabilized apartment is
forever.”
He added that thousands of
other people will have the same
problem getting to work, and that
his workplace may allow him to
work from home on some days.
“Working at home is about to become very, very popular,”
Dobkin said.

L train commuters work their way across a crowded subway
platform
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

2ND DEPARTMENT / NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS
11215

HANAMARU
TEXTILES LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
HANAMARU TEXTILES LLC.
Articles of Organization ﬁled
with Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 3/5/2018. NY
ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may be
served. The post ofﬁce address
to which the SSNY shall mail
a copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/her is
Hannah Schultz, 540 President
Street, Spaceworks #23 Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#160483

11222

WELCOME HOME
STUDIO, LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC).
Name: WELCOME HOME
STUDIO, LLC. Articles of Organization ﬁled with Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY)
on 3/28/2018. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is Welcome Home Studio, LLC, 20
Van Dam St., Suite 5 Brooklyn,
NY, 11222. Purpose/character
of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#161044

KELLI KIKCIO LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
KELLI KIKCIO LLC. Articles
of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 4/9/2018. NY ofﬁce
location: Kings County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which the
SSNY shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC served
upon him/her is Kelli Kikcio
LLC, 20 Van Dam St. Brooklyn,
NY, 11222. Purpose/character
of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#161042

11228

K & D VIRTUAL
STAFFING
SERVICES, LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
K & D VIRTUAL STAFFING
SERVICES, LLC. Articles of
Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 2/22/2016. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County.
SSNY has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The post ofﬁce address
to which the SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/her is
C/O United States Corporation
Agents, Inc.,7014 13th Avenue,
Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY, 11228.
Purpose/character of LLC: Any
Lawful Purpose.
#159368

11229

U 282 REALTY LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
U 282 REALTY LLC. Articles
of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 5/8/2018. NY ofﬁce
location: Kings County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which the
SSNY shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC served
upon him/her is U 282 Realty
LLC, 6 Lacon Court Brooklyn,
NY, 11229. Purpose/character
of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#160109

ROZMAR LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
ROZMAR LLC. Articles of Organization ﬁled with Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY)
on 6/14/2018. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is Rozmar
LLC,1316 Ave T Brooklyn, NY,
11229. Purpose/character of
LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#161132

21117

BYERSONRICE, LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
BYERSONRICE, LLC. Articles
of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 4/24/2018. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. The post ofﬁce address to which the SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC served upon
him/her is Danielle Freeman
Byerson, 12 Wellspring Cir,
Owings Mills, MD, 21117. Purpose/character of LLC: Any
Lawful Purpose.
#160362

11237

WHATEVER 21 LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
WHATEVER 21 LLC. Articles
of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 4/3/2018. NY ofﬁce
location: Kings County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is Brian
Carroll, 175 Stockholm St Apt
101 Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Purpose/character of LLC: Any
Lawful Purpose.
#160458

WALL-WOLFF LLC

Notice of Formation of WALLWOLFF LLC. Arts. of Org.
ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 01/23/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: LegalInc Corporate Services Inc., 1967
Wehrle Dr., Ste. 1-086, Buffalo, NY 14221, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
#160091

Notice of Formation of Reiki
for Actors, LLC. Arts. of Org.
ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 5/29/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 131 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, NY 11216. Purpose: any lawful activity.
#161151

14221

MGM DELIVERIES LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
MGM DELIVERIES LLC. Articles of Organization ﬁled with
Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 11/3/2017. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. The post ofﬁce address to which the SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC served upon
him/her is Legalinc Corporate Services Inc., 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086 Buffalo,
NY, 14221. Purpose/character
of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.
#160072

RAISIN HEADS LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
RAISIN HEADS LLC. Articles
of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 5/7/2018. NY ofﬁce
location: Kings County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post ofﬁce address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is Legalinc Corporate Services Inc.,
1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #
086 Buffalo, NY, 14221. Purpose/character of LLC: Any
Lawful Purpose.
#160667

Dyker Real Estate as Diverse as its History
BY BRANDON SAPIENZA
EDITORIAL@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

H

ouses in Dyker Heights are
some of the most unique
homes, perhaps in the entire
city. With massive properties and
mansions sprinkled throughout the
area, those with money tend to flock
to the area in search of their dream
home. So do longtime savers who
simply love the ‘hood.
Currently in Dyker, there are more
t ha n 20 0
properties
available
for rent or
purchase.
Many
of
these properties include
condos and
apartments,
giving those
with a smaller budget an
opportunity to live in the area without
breaking the bank.
According to Trulia, a top site for
buyers, sellers, renters and real estate

ebrooklyn media/Photos by Brandon Sapienza

Some of the homes in Dyker Heights.
professionals,
the median
price of a
home in Dyker
currently sits
at $915,000, while the average rent is
$2,350.
Though Dyker isn’t one of the
“trendy” neighborhoods like Park

Slope or Williamsburg, many of
the houses in the area are spacious,
beautifully designed and made for
families. Most of the homes have three
bedrooms and two bathrooms and, despite a smaller square footage for most
yards, kids of all ages will always have
something to do with the many other
children who call Dyker Heights home.

Of late, properties in Dyker have
seen a significant spike it prices due
to the demand of housing and all the
neighborhood benefits that go with
it. From July, 2013 to January, 2018,
properties in the area have seen a
41 percent increase in median price,
according to Trulia. However, in that
same time frame, the amount of sales
have fluctuated significantly.
In regards to renting, while for a
long time it wasn't popular in Dyker,
the amount of renters has reached a
high point with 19 properties currently being rented. Just a few months before, 32 properties were being rented
out. Additionally, rent prices have
seen a very large increase between
October and December of 2017, with
prices rising to as high as $3,200 per
month.
Dyker homes are one of the best
kept secrets in Brooklyn. Thanks to
people not necessarily “flocking” to
the neighborhood like they are to
many other high-end Brooklyn ’hoods,
prices of homes can remain lower than
in other nabes, helping those who love
Dyker call the community their home
for a little while, or for life.

Living and Learning in Dyker Heights
BY BRANDON SAPIENZA
EDITORIAL@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

D

yker Heights has above average schools that provide
a solid foundation for all
children to learn and grow in warm
environments.
The area, though small in size and
part of a city public school district
that’s notably overcrowded, is home
to three private schools and four
public schools. Combined, these seven
schools range in grades from Nursery
to 8.
St. Ephrem, located at 7415 Fort
Hamilton Parkway, offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities and
programs to all of its students and is
run by Principal Craig Mercado. For
years, the school has received consistent praise from parents and students
alike.
St. Bernadette, 1313 13th Avenue,
also offers a bevy of programs that
allow for the growth and development
of its students. This school, under the
guidance of Sister Joan DiRienzo, is
also highly regarded throughout the
community.

ebrooklyn media/Photo by Brandon Sapienza

P.S. 176 is among the stellar schools in Dyker Heights.
Leif Ericson Day School, 1037 72nd
Street, is the last of the private schools
in Dyker and has been a longstanding
staple at which students are allowed
to grow not only in terms of education,
but also in their spirituality. Students
have done just that with Christine
Hauge as principal.
In terms of public schools, they
are scattered in every corner of the
neighborhood for the convenience and
zoning of the thousands of students
who attend.
P.S. 176, 1225 Bay Ridge Avenue, is

run by Elizabeth Culkin and is one
of the four public schools in Dyker
whose test scores exceed city and district averages. 176 offers an abundance
of programs in sports and technology,
helping students adapt to the way of
the world in the 21st century. The
school also offers learning in languages such as Hebrew and Cantonese. It
accomplishes all this while ranking as
one of, if not the most, overcrowded
school in the district. As of 2015, 176
was at 175 percent capacity, though, it
continues to thrive academically.

P.S. 127, 7805 Seventh Avenue,
run by principal Agatha Alicandro,
also offers activities and programs
relevant to the present day. Additionally, 127 is one of the only schools in
Brooklyn to offer a track and field
program given at the track course in
the schoolyard.
I.S. 259, 7301 Fort Hamilton Parkway
and I.S. 201, 8010 12th Avenue, make
for great choices of middle schools.
I.S. 201 is run by Robert Ciulla, who
is the successor to longtime principal
Madeline Brennan. 259’s principal is
Janice Geary. Both schools are among
the best in both the borough and the
city with test scores 20-30 percent
higher than the New York State average, and nearly 10 percent better than
the district average.
Wherever a student in Dyker goes,
locals agree, they are bound to receive
a quality education that will allow
them to excel in the future.
“The success of these schools can be
attributed to the great teachers, experienced principals, active parents
and, of course, the future leaders of
our community, the students,” said
Councilmember Justin Brannan.

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women are especially
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Brooklyn’s most beloved
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When: Saturday, June
30, 4 p.m.
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the summer.
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30, 4–7 p.m.
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BAREBURGER
149 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Bareburger on Court Street wants to
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bacon, grilled pineapple, fried onions, red piquante peppers and buttermilk ranch. And it’s
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265 Prospect Ave, Brooklyn, NY
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KINGS BEER HALL
745 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
The Kings Beer Hall has an outside garden that is open for business! There’s nothing nicer than
enjoying one of KBH’s 30 beers on tap in their outside area on a cool summer evening. And it’s only four
blocks from the Barclay’s Center!!!
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RUSS PIZZA
745 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
We stopped by Russ Pizza for
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have good taste!!!
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CAFE CHILI
172 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Café Chili is one of the most
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NANATORI
162 Montague St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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1360 Ocean Parkway, Ste. 6L
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Don’t miss the Brooklyn Streetcar
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community fun with the Brooklyn
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be on the lookout, it’s always a good time when you
catch them!
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Either way, DUMBO homes command some of the
highest prices in Brooklyn.
Keep in mind that when we say a DUMBO home
has sold for $4 million, we're talking about an apartment.
In many beloved neighborhoods in our borough, a
sum of half that size will buy you a standalone Victorian house with a yard and a garage or a historic brownstone on a beautiful block.

Stroll with us through cobblestoned waterfront
DUMBO, where dazzling Brooklyn Bridge Park serves
as the residents' front yard. We'll show you several
buildings where big-ticket apartment sales have recently
closed.

in 2017. At the time, it was the priciest condo ever
sold in Brooklyn.
The landmarked building is located near an entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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See Brooklyn Bridge Park in Its Summer Splendor
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 offers iconic views of Lower Manhattan at every hour of the day, but they're particularly dazzling in the early morning.
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By Lore Croghan
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Brooklyn Bridge
Park is an Instagram mecca.
Some of the spots in this mecca that are most popular with
photographers are kinda crowded now that summer's here.
One hot spot is at the edge of the water on Pier 1, near
the area where NYC Ferry riders line up to wait for boat arrivals. Photos taken there capture iconic views of the World
Trade Center, Lower Manhattan's skyline, the East River and
the Brooklyn Bridge.
We've been trying to figure out the optimal times to take
pictures on Pier 1 during the summer. We discovered an ideal
moment — if you don't mind getting out of bed early on a
weekend. It's 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The ferry's commuter crowds are absent. Most people are getting ready for church or sleeping after Saturday night revelry. You'll
have Pier 1 pretty much to yourself. The stillness is deeply calming.
You should check weather reports beforehand — because
if you're giving up the opportunity to sleep late, you should be
rewarded by getting to see what early-morning sunlight looks
like on the East River. It adds a silvery sheen to the beloved World
Trade Center and other Lower Manhattan skyscrapers.
Another optimal time to take Pier 1 pix is in the evening
between 7:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. The skyscrapers frame the
blazing sun as it drops towards the horizon. It's an urban version of Stonehenge.
As you can imagine, the entire Brooklyn Bridge Park is looking pretty great now that it's summer. We took additional pictures of it, which you can see at brooklyneagle.com.

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Landmarked 70 Washington St., which is the building at right, can be seen
from Brooklyn Bridge's walkway.
The 2007 designation
report about the DUMBO
Here’s a glimpse of condo building 100 Jay St. with a Manhattan Bridge ramp in front of it.
Historic District says that
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Industrial Neo-Classicalstyle 70 Washington St.
was constructed in 1911. There's a clock at the top of it,
far more modest than the DUMBO Clocktower's but
nice in any case.
A condo unit at 70 Washington St. sold for $1.69
million in May. It had previously sold for $1.281 million
in 2014, and before that, buyers paid $1.22 million for
it in 2007, Finance Department records show.
In 2005, the initial purchaser bought the apartment
for $941,881 from the condo converter, Finance Department records indicate.

Check Out
These Top-Dollar
DUMBO Condo Sales
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The DUMBO Clocktower Building's condo conversion was the work of Two Trees Management.
The Walentas family's company, as you surely
know, created modern-day DUMBO almost singlehandedly by buying picturesque industrial buildings
and turning them into office and residential properties.
According to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2007 designation report about the DUMBO Historic
District, 1 Main St. is made of reinforced concrete. Its architectural style is Industrial Neo-Classical.
Constructed in 1914, it was the pride of Gairville — a
complex of eye-catching buildings that housed Scottishborn industrialist Robert Gair's corrugated paper box factories. Gair also rented space in the complex to businesses that
belonged to other people.
Anyway. About the most recent transaction in the
DUMBO Clocktower Building. A condo on one of its lower
floors sold for $4 million in June. City Finance Department
records show that the sellers had owned the unit since 1999.

Right This Way to Selfie Central

Nearby Washington Street is the selfie capital of the
world, or Brooklyn at least.
When you stand in the middle of the road near the intersection of Water Street, you see the Empire State Building framed by the blue-green supports of the Manhattan
Bridge on the nearby East River shoreline. Thanks to Instagram, photographers know this whether they're from Ohio
or France or Japan.
Anybody who's bold enough to drive a car on this block
must proceed with extreme caution since selfie snappers act
like they own the street.
A couple blocks up from the water's edge, you'll find 70
Washington St., another landmarked concrete Gairville
property that was converted into a condo building.
It has facades on Front, Washington and York streets and
is visible from the Brooklyn Bridge's pedestrian path.

Mr. Bliss's Machine Shop and
A Bend in the Road
A century ago, an industrialist with the melodious
name of Eliphalet W. Bliss built a machine shop at 51 Jay
St. The name that's now on the landmarked building's facade is that of Ben Forman & Sons, a metal-stamping firm
that was a later occupant.
Recently, co-developers Adam America Real Estate
and Slate Property Group did a historically sensitive condo
conversion of the building, which has frontage on Plymouth, Jay and Water streets. The sale of one of its penthouses just closed in May. The price was $4.003 million,
Finance Department records indicate.
Now, let's head down Water Street and follow it to its
end.
It runs along the edge of Brooklyn Bridge Park, parallel to the East River — and hooks southwards beneath the
Brooklyn Bridge to keep following the shoreline.
At the spot where the road bends, there's a charming
landmarked house, 4 Water St.
Two facades of the building are on Water Street because
of the path the road takes.
The historic house has been divided into condos.
One of the units changed hands in March. The price
was $1.99 million. The sellers had bought it from the
condo converter for $997,885 in 2007, Finance Department records show.

The unit whose address is 55 Pearl St. was sold in May
for $4.6 million. Finance Department records indicate that
the seller had bought it from the developer for $4,474,824
in 2015.
A couple blocks away, you'll see another modern development at 100 Jay St. It's hard to miss, since it's a 33-story tower
in a neighborhood of mostly low- and mid-rise buildings.
It has frontage on York, Jay and Front streets. The fourth
side of the building faces the Manhattan Bridge and has a
glassy, curved facade.
The J Condominium, as it's called, was built more than
a decade ago.
In June, an apartment on a high floor was sold for
$2.715 million. According to Finance Department records,
the sellers bought it from the condo developer for
$1,781,937 in 2008.

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Which Way to Pearl Street?

Pearl Street is one of those place names that's used on
both sides of the East River, in Lower Manhattan and
DUMBO.
Do you draw a blank when you try to remember where
the Brooklyn version of it is located?
If so, go to DUMBO's Archway under the Manhattan
Bridge, then walk across the adjacent plaza. In short order,
you will wind up at the corner of Pearl and Water streets.
This is where architect Jared Della Valle's Alloy Development constructed the DUMBO Townhouses a couple
years ago. Each condo in this five-unit property is four stories tall.

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SUMMER FUN
Sizzlin’ Summer Strolls
Coming on Third
And Fifth Avenues
By Ariama Long

editorial@brooklynreporter.com

Tables and tents fill the streets, decorative lights
are strung across the avenue, and thousands of visitors and residents mingle as Bay Ridge welcomes
summertime on Third and Fifth Avenues with evening events that close the thoroughfares to traffic
and bring local residents out to enjoy everything
the strips have to offer on various Fridays this July
and August.
The Merchants of Third Avenue, working with
the Department of Transportation (DOT), will
sponsor four Summer Strolls this year, and the
Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Improvement
District, again with city DOT, will host two of the
events, which are essentially commercial block
parties put together by local businesses, not-forprofit organizations and arts groups to promote the
use of public space.
For Summer Stroll on Third Avenue, the strip
-- closed off from regular traffic to function as a
pedestrian plaza -- will feature restaurants pulling tables out onto the street, musicians and other
performers, art exhibits and the offerings of local
merchants.
“It’s an opportunity for residents to dine al
fresco,” said President of MTA Robert Howe,
who thoroughly enjoys people-watching during
the events. “They bump into people they haven’t
seen in years, and enjoy a Friday night. It hearkens
back to a day where there wasn’t much traffic and
you could walk the avenue.”
This year, Third Avenue’s Summer Stroll will
take place between 68th and 80th Streets on Friday, July 13 and Friday August 3, and between
80th and 90th Streets on Friday, July 20 and Friday, August 10, from 6 to 10:30 p.m., all days.
Just two avenues away, the Fifth Avenue BID’s
“The FACE of 5th (Family, Arts & Culinary
Event)” will also liven up lazy summer nights. It’s
scheduled to take place between 73rd and 83rd
Streets on Friday, July 27 and Friday, August 17
from 5 to 10 p.m.
BID Executive Director Amanda Zenteno said in
an email, “Local restaurants will be participating
with many diverse outdoor dining options. The avenue will be car free and filled with music, art and
family friendly activities.”
Among the highlights that attendees can look
forward to are rides and games, live bands, basketball games and martial arts demonstrations, and
even a pet “kissing” booth.
In addition, the BID is looking to feature local
artists and their artwork this year. Interested artists
can contact the office at info@bayridgebid.com or
submit an application through the website at bayridgebid.com/strolls.
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Luna Park Rewards Students
With Good Grades This Summer
BY ARIAMA LONG
EDITORIAL@BROOKLYNBROOKLYN.COM

T

he beginning of summer break
promises to be rewarding at
Luna Park in Coney Island for
students who racked up good grades
this past school year. The amusement
park will be providing credits toward
rides for those with a grade of B or
higher through July 1.
Open to all students, from kindergarten through college, the promotion
is meant to welcome students and their
families of all ages to enjoy the park’s
offerings.
The games and rides use a credit system; credits can be purchased online or
in person and loaded onto a swipe card.
Students can cash in up to five grades at
the guest services desk from any 2018
report card, earning up to 20 ride credits.
An A grade receives four credits and a B

grade receives three credits.
“It is an honor to celebrate the
academic achievement of students,
and we invite all those who worked
hard this school year to trade in their
textbooks for thrills at Luna Park,”
said Alex Zamperla, president of the
amusement ride company Zamperla
Group, in a press release. “Since the
program’s inception in 2013, we have
helped to kick off a much-deserved
summer vacation with extraordinary
rides and amusements.”
Named after the original amusement park in Coney Island from
1903, Luna Park debuted three new
attractions this season including an
interactive gaming console that allows
guests to shoot aliens called the Cozmo
Jet, a swinging pirate ship dubbed the
Coney Clipper, and the 21st century
Astro Tower, a dramatic 137-foot freefall drop ride.

BROOKLYN
STREETCAR
GROUP
Theatre
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and FamiliesARTISTS’
Opens in Park
Slope
ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH
By John Alexander
INBROOKLYN

friendly people is fun and satisfying,” he says.
The Brooklyn Eagle stopped by the new location at 89
Fourth Avenue, ﬁve blocks from Barclays Center, where
the two-act musical “The Three Little Pigs Buy
a Brownstone in Brooklyn” is running on
weekends (2 p.m. Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.
Sundays, through July 1).
The Eagle is mentioned prominently in the Brooklyn-centric script in Scene 6 and the
newspaper is used as a prop as
well. The show’s target audience is ages six and up, with
plenty of humor adults will
appreciate.
“Two six-year-olds are
among the actors, with the
oldest member more than
ten times their age, and the
family idea is reﬂected literally: the cast includes two
brothers who play two of the
pigs; a mother and her son have
a scene together as an older pig

and hedgehog; two actors are cousins,” we’re informed.
Original lyrics are set to public domain melodies
including old folk songs and classic children’s tunes.
The show, which emphasizes “being a good neighbor,”
plus patience, perseverance, and pig puns runs
through July 1, will be followed by show
after show, starting with the summer musical about kids and counselors at an
unusual summer camp, titled “Not a
Happy Camper.”
The theatre welcomes audition
appointments, visits, donations of
costumes and supplies, and all inquiries throughout the year. Acting classes, puppet shows, concerts, one-day free workshops,
variety shows, and special family events are planned and a fundraising concert on July 20.
For more details, show times,
tickets, and contact information,
go to www.PlayNicePeople.
com.

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28INB • INBROOKLYN — A Special Section of Brooklyn Eagle/Heights Press/Home Reporter/Brooklyn Spectator/Brooklyn Record/Greenpoint Gazette • Week of June 28-July 4, 2018

CROWN HEIGHTS —
Crown Heights community activists are reportedly
fighting to prevent the approval of several high-rise
buildings that they say will
cast shadows onto the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden and deprive plants of
sunlight. Two buildings of
at least 16 stories have been
proposed for 40 Crown St.
and 931 Carroll St., according to amNewYork. The
developer, Cornell Realty Management, needs
approval from the city
because the area is zoned
only for buildings up to
six or seven stories. Another firm, the Continuum
Company, has submitted
a preliminary application
for a development at 960

Franklin Ave. that would
rise as high as 37 stories.
A group known as The
Movement to Protect the
People is leading the effort
against the developers,
amNewYork said. “These
shadows actually go past
the garden and touch Prospect Park,” said Alicia
Boyd, leader of the Movement. In addition, Elizabeth Reina-Longoria, a
spokeswoman for the Botanic Garden, said, “BBG
is strongly advocating to
maintain the site’s current
zoning — which now caps
building height to six or
seven stories — which
was put in place, in part, to
protect the garden’s conservatories from building
shadows.”

Report: Brownsville Lacks
Parks and Open Space
BROWNSVILLE — The independent research
and advocacy organization New Yorkers for Parks
published a report that revealed there is not enough
available parkland in Brownsville and the parks
that do exist are in poor condition, City Limits reported. “Quality open spaces are important for all
New Yorkers, but particularly in areas where parks
are suffering from years of neglect,” said executive
director of New Yorkers for Parks Lynn Kelley.
Among the open space benchmarks looked at in the
report were total amount of open space, tree canopy
and ability to access. The study also looked at overall maintenance. Brownsville failed 10 out of 14 of
these markers. An upcoming $30 million investment in Betsy Head Park and planned renovation of
the recreation center will help the community and
is a step in the right direction. During the planned
work, however, access will be even worse for residents, the report said.

NYU Rents Administrative
Space in MetroTech Campus
METROTECH — New York University, whose Tandon
Engineering School of Engineering is located at 6 MetroTech Center, has reportedly completed a 26,000-square-foot
deal for more space at 1 MetroTech Center. The university
will relocate several of its administrative support offices,
now within its Greenwich Village campus, to the 22nd floor
of 1 MetroTech, the Commercial Observer reported. “We
have been planning for some time to find a new home for
our IT administrative offices away from our core,” NYU
spokesman John Beckman told the Commercial Observer
in an email. “Since the merger with the former Polytechnic
University [now Tandon School of Engineering], we have
focused on Brooklyn as an excellent choice for an expanded
NYU presence.” MetroTech, whose other tenants include
the New York Fire Department, National Grid, MakerBot,
ImpreMedia and TransCare Corporation, is owned by Forest
City Ratner Corp.

HBO has given the green light to “Storm Over Brooklyn,” a documentary by filmmaker Muta’Ali that looks at
the racially motivated murder of Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old African American teen who was confronted by a
group of white teens and shot to death on a Bensonhurst street corner on Aug. 23, 1989. The murder brought
the long-simmering racial tensions that existed at the time in New York City to the surface. For nearly two years
after the shocking crime, the Rev. Al Sharpton, the noted civil right leader, organized dozens of protest marches
on 20th Avenue in Bensonhurst demanding justice in the name of Yusuf Hawkins and was often met by jeers
from angry white residents. The film is set to air on HBO in 2019. Next year will also mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Yusuf Hawkins. If he were alive today, he would be 45 years old.
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Tajik Restaurant in
Sheepshead Bay Serves
Traditional Central Asian Dishes
SHEEPSHEAD BAY — It’s not easy to find the
food of Tajikistan, one of the former Central Asian
Soviet republics, but one place to do so is Cafe Dushanbe at 1788 Sheepshead Bay Road. According to
The New York Times, it may be the only restaurant
in New York that serves the traditional dish kurutob,
made of shredded flatbread, salad and a dressing of
kurut, salty sun-dried yogurt balls dissolved in hot
water. Among the other dishes served there are samsa gizhda, small meat pies with a soft wrapping of
dough; okroshka, a cool summer soup made with
yogurt, radish, dill, a quail egg and cream; shashlik,
similar to shishkebab; and morkovcha, julienne carrots seasoned with garlic, vinegar and kumin. Owner
and chef Alidzhon Imanov and manager Aslam Abudullove are both natives of Tajikistan. The restaurant
is half a block from Emmons Avenue, Sheepshead
Bay’s main drag.

Donovan Proposes
Legislation Amid Worries
About VA Medical Center

BAY RIDGE — Amid worries that the VA
Medical Center in Brooklyn could close, leaving veterans in both Staten Island and Brooklyn stuck trekking to Manhattan for care, Rep.
Daniel Donovan introduced legislation to make
sure that veterans are notified of any closures or
service cuts at medical centers nationwide, The
Staten Island Advance reported. “A doctor’s office would never just cease service and not proactively contact their patients — it shouldn’t be
any different at a VA facility,” Donovan said.
The Veterans Awareness Act would require the
Department of Veteran Affairs to give at least
60 days’ notice to both veterans and their local
congressional representative before closing a location or making service cuts. It would also mandate that the department hold forums to allow
veterans and other stakeholders to voice their
opinions.

AIDS Services to Make Way
For High-Rises in Boerum Hill

BOERUM HILL — HIV-AIDS patients in Boerum Hill are criticizing city officials for not going
public about their plans to close and relocate a health
services center that stands in the way of a controversial high-rise development. The HIV-AIDS
Services Administration center at 94 Flatbush Ave.
occupies a parcel owned by Alloy Development,
which hopes to build its five-building 80 Flatbush
complex on the site. According to the Brooklyn
Paper, officials, who rent the center’s space from
Alloy, probably knew of the developer’s plan for
at least a year but have yet to officially inform clients. “It’s deeply concerning for us, especially for
an agency whose clients’ lives literally depend on
accessing these services,” said Jason Walker, who
works at the HIV advocacy group Vocal New York.
The city plans to temporarily move the center’s operations to a nearby Third Avenue facility and then
move it to a permanent home on Evergreen Avenue
in Bushwick, a spokeswoman for the Human Resources Administration told the Brooklyn Paper.

Brownsville High School
Teacher Takes Students on
Trip of a Lifetime
BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville high school
teacher was nominated for the Hometown Hero Award
for giving his students the chance to experience cultures
and life outside of their borough. Bijoun Eric Jordan,
a Frederick Douglass Academy VII English teacher,
has taught in city schools for 14 years, and he wants
his pupils, mainly African-Americans and Hispanics
from economically disadvantaged families, to travel the
world because they may not have the funds to do so on
their own. Jordan, 36, raised $42,000 last year for his
students to travel to Spain, where they visited Madrid
and Barcelona. This year, he plans on taking students
from the “International Club” to Japan so they can explore Tokyo and Osaka. With the help of an online fundraiser, the teacher has raised $60,300, reaching the goal
of $58,570 for the weeklong trip. “I want my students to
see that black people travel everywhere,” Jordan said.
“It’s not just places like Brownsville, Brooklyn, where
we belong. We can hustle and get anywhere.”

The Gay/Straight Alliance of the New
York State Courts System, or simply the
Alliance, held an LGBTQ Pride event at the
Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday
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Faith communities around Brooklyn
this week denounced the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy over the past week, particularly what
they declared as the cruel practice of separating children from their parents at the
U.S.-Mexico border, and holding the children in detention centers with no organized
plan of reuniting these families.
And just after midnight on June 27,
news broke that a federal judge in California had issued a nationwide injunction halting the child separation policy
and mandating family reunification.
Several hours later, Congress rejected a
comprehensive immigration bill that has
also divided the majority party.
The Rev. Dr. Herbert and the Rev. Dr.
Karen Daughtry, heads of a clergy family with five generations of faith leaders,
and a Brooklyn presence for 60 years,
held a press conference last Saturday,
June 23 at the House of the Lord Church
to decry the policy that they say has permanently traumatized children in ways
that could later haunt this nation.
“These children, ranging in age from
under one year of age to teen years, have
been put in a position of psychological

danger and are being used by those in
high places as political pawns without
regard to the damage being done by their
actions to the psychological damages being visited upon these children,” said Dr.
Karen Daughtry.
“As a parent, although all of my
children are adults, I can’t imagine not
knowing how they are. As a citizen of
these United States, I understand that
protecting our borders is necessary and
that guidelines to do so must be put in
place but not at the expense of the most
vulnerable in society. As an early childhood educator, I know that the early
years beginning at birth and until around
the age of four are most important, and
immeasurable damage can be done to
young children who suffer traumatic episodes during this period. Certainly to be
torn from the arms of parents and taken
to strange places with strange people fits
the bill as one of these.”
Much of Saturday’s press conference
focused on the Daughtrys’ point that
there has been no plan to handle the flow
of immigrants across borders into the
United States compassionately.
“Even with the executive order stopping the separation practice, you’ve got
2,000 children — still someplace,” said

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Church, addresses the news media. In background, left, his daughter, Sharon
Daughtry, two anonymous congregants, and the Rev. Dr. Karen S. Daughtry
(at right).
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Dr. Karen Daughtry. “The governor of
the State of New York said he has a legal
responsibility to take care of these children, physically and emotionally. And
he — the governor — cannot find out
how to get into the places where these
children are because they have put a gag
order on the places where the children
have been put, in the State of New York!
We might have a plan here in New York,

but there is no national or global plan to
hook these children up with the people
they belong to.”
Dr. Herbert Daughtry, who spoke at
length earlier in the conference, also
expressed hope. “When all is said and
done, I hope I live to see the day that
America becomes what America can become,” he said. “The withering past is no
match for the budding future.”

Grace Church’s Rector Points to ‘Fear of the Other’
As A Reason Behind Current Immigration Policy
Episcopal Diocese Hosts
Prayer Service For Immigrant
and Refugee Families

The Rev. Dr. Allen Robinson preaches the Gospel on Palm Sunday, March 25,
2018, his first official Sunday as rector of Grace Church Brooklyn Heights.
Photo courtesy of Peter Farrell/Grace Church

The rector of Grace Church Brooklyn
Heights addressed the child separation policy in his Sunday, June 24 sermon.
The Rev. Dr. Allen Robinson linked the
story of Jesus’ calming the storm (from Matthew 4:35-41) to the current immigration
crisis, focusing on Jesus’ invitation to “go to
the other side,” and the fear that the disciples
experienced during the tempest.
Robinson spoke of a societal ‘other
side’ — “those who feel rejected, who feel
abandoned, who feel forgotten, who feel as
if their lives don’t matter, as if their lives
just simply don’t matter,” Robinson emphasized. “At this very moment, the Gospel is
alive and well — this story is alive and well
— on the borders of Texas, the borders of
California, the borders of Arizona, where
children are being taken away from their

parents. And so the Gospel calls us to wrestle with the question: What are we supposed
to do with those who are on the other side?
“I submit that the apostles were afraid
to go to the other side because they were
comfortable at home,” he continued. “It was
their comfort zone. The people they knew
looked like them, smelled like them…They
liked the same food, had the same culture.
So what happens when a new group of people is introduced into the system?
“Somehow, they began to take on a sense of
fear, much like the way people at home worry
that ‘we’re losing our identity, and we’re losing
our position in the world, and somehow, we’re
losing our way of life if we introduce a lot of
new people to come in and enter our country.’
And so, what do we do with our fear?” he
asked.

The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, responding to the outpouring of
love and concern for families separated
at the border, was set to hold a prayer
service and time of fellowship for immigrant and refugee families.
The bilingual (Spanish/English)
candlelit service in the cathedral was
scheduled for 7:30-8 p.m., with conversation following in the undercroft from
8-9 p.m. Pastoral care and conversation

with experts in the field of immigration
and asylum were provided.
Among the actions being announced at
the service is a series of Families Belong
Together rallies being held this Saturday,
June 30, in New York City (Brooklyn,
Queens and Long Island), Washington,
D.C. and around the country. The Brooklyn rally and march originates at Foley
Square in Manhattan at 10 a.m. and heads
across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Readers who find their faith enriched
through the fine arts will be happy to
learn that the Brooklyn Museum this
week announced the re-installment
of its acclaimed relief sculpture, “The
Resurrection of Christ,” by Renaissance
artist Giovanni della Robbia. “The Resurrection of Christ” is on view now in
the museum’s third floor Focus Gallery.
Created around 1520, “The Resurrection” was commissioned by the Antinori family, historical Tuscan vintners
since 1385. At nearly 12 feet long, “The

Resurrection” originally adorned a wall
of the Antinori family’s villa outside
Florence, Italy. Nearly 400 years later,
“The Resurrection” became the first Renaissance work to enter the museum’s
collection when it was acquired in 1899.
The colorful relief -- which was out
of view from the late 1990s through an
extensive restoration in 2015 -- went
back on exhibit earlier this month.
Funding this project was the same
Antinori family whose ancestors originally commissioned the relief.

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many wonderful parish
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she developed many
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tate Senator Marty Golden’s
14th annual Senior Information Fair was held on Friday,
June 22 at St. Anselm Catholic
Academy—365 83rd St.—in Bay
Ridge.
The event featured about 25
city representatives, state agencies and nonprofits as well as
local Senior Idol winner Tommy
Anderson, who entertained the
crowd with lively and nostalgic
music.
“It’s good for seniors to get updates and info because so much
is online nowadays,” said the
senator’s Deputy Chief of Staff
and Press Secretary John Quaglione about the direct approach
the fair takes to reach an older
demographic. “What makes a
community strong is when you
keep them involved.”
Hosted by Golden at his home
parish this year, the event attracted an estimated 350 seniors
who got to engage with city
agencies and programs designed
to enrich their lives. The chair
of the Senate Aging Committee,
Golden’s accomplishments
include passage of the Assisted

State Senator Marty Golden addressing the group.
Living Law of 2004, Granny’s
Law to punish criminals who assault senior citizens, the Senior
Bill of Rights and long term care
reform.
The senator made a presentation in which he updated the
elder community on the state
budget, ongoing legislation and
community events.
Among those who were on
hand to share information with
attendees, the Kingsborough
Community College’s “My Turn
Program” encouraged seniors

to take classes that could help
shape a cool hobby or interesting
pastime, and the Norwegian
Christian Home and Health Center passed out information about
its facilities for physical therapy
and rehabilitation.
Other tables set up at the fair
offered services like Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption
assistance and applications, legal
advice, new sanitation guidelines,
guidance for paying tax and water bills, and free blood pressure
screenings.

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to support othersÕ goals and the steps they take to
achieve them, even if you do not necessarily agree
with their formula for success.

♌ LEO  Jul 23/Aug 23 Happiness has less to do
with what is happening in the world and more with
your own perceptions, Leo. Keep this in mind as you
move forward in life.

♍ VIRGO  Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, challenges at
work may be tiring you out. People may seem like they
are all over the map instead of working together. Try
to get everyone going in the same direction. LIBRA
Ð Sept 23/Oct 23 Avoid going too far off in your own
direction this week, Libra. Before making any rash
decisions, take some time to ask questions and get
answers.
♎ LIBRA  Sept 23/Oct 23 People often see you as
even-keeled, Libra. But tempers may flare this week
if you don’t get your way. Others should watch when
you’re fired up.

♏ SCORPIO  Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, if something
doesnÕt initially work to your liking, donÕt be shy
about giving it another go. The challenges ahead
will be worth it when you ultimately succeed.
SAGITTARIUS Ð Nov 23/Dec 21 Your creativity and
emotions are linked this week, Sagittarius. Pour your
heart and efforts into a special project that reflects just
how you are feeling.

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an argumentative nature, Sagittarius. So when you’re
bothered, it is probably for a good reason. Don’t come
out ready for a fight; instead, focus on mediating.
♑ CAPRICORN  Dec 22/Jan 20 Nothing in a
current relationship is unfolding as you had expected,
Capricorn. ThatÕs alright. This sense of adventure
that keeps you guessing is a welcome change.
♒ AQUARIUS  Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, working
closely with others is one of your strong points.
Disagreements on how to approach different projects
can be tricky to navigate, but youÕre up to the task.
♓ PISCES  Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, this week there
may be little separation between your career and
personal life. If that works for you, forget the naysayers.

♈ ARIES  Mar 21/Apr 20 Opportunity is
knocking, Aries, when everything is going your way,
you are absolutely glowing. But if things donÕt come
naturally to you, frustration may set in. Find a balance
between the two.

♉ TAURUS  Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, planning
stages are over and now youÕre about to turn your
goals into reality. Just be sure to adapt to the changing
environment as things unfold..

♊ GEMINI  May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you might be
seeking ways to help others in need, but you do not
have patience when things take longer than expected.
Stick to the plan and see it through.

Mathew Barzal’s breakout first season in Downtown
Brooklyn has been justly rewarded.
The Islanders’ 21-year-old
budding superstar was named
the Calder Trophy winner as
the sport’s top rookie last
Wednesday night in Las Vegas
during the 2018 NHL Awards
ceremony, becoming the fifth
player in franchise history to
do so.
"This is an amazing honor
to win the Calder Trophy," said
Barzal, who beat out Vancouver’s Brock Boeser and Arizona’s Clayton Keller for the
coveted hardware, awarded annually to the best first-year
player in the sport.
Barzal joined former Is- Mathew Barzal became
landers Hall of Famers Denis
Potvin (1974), Bryan Trottier the ﬁfth Islander to be
(1976) and Mike Bossy (1978) named the NHL’s top
as well as former New York rookie Wednesday night
defenseman Bryan Berard in Las Vegas after receiv(1997), on the exclusive list.
ing the Calder Trophy.
"The players that have won
AP Photo by John Locher
this award, within the Islanders
organization and then others
around the league, includes Hall of Fame players and
Stanley Cup Champions,” Barzal noted.
“To have my name next to those guys in the record
books is very humbling."
Barzal humbled plenty of defenders throughout his
historic rookie campaign, racking up team highs in points
(85) and assists (63) while playing the full 82-game slate
after an ever-so-brief two-game NHL debut to start the
2016-17 season.
The native of Coquitlam, British Columbia, was the
biggest bright spot in an otherwise disappointing season
for the Islanders, who missed the playoffs for a second
consecutive year.
He put together nine games with at least three points,
including three five-point performances, while setting a
team record with five assists in a game on Nov. 5 against
Colorado.

Barzal, who recorded his first NHL hat trick on Dec.
23 against Winnipeg, became the front-runner for the
award in January, when he was tabbed the league’s
Rookie of the Month.
After that, the then-20-year-old forward never slowed
down, providing former head coach Doug Weight with a
dynamic presence nearly every time he stepped over the
boards and hit the ice.
"It's incredible, obviously we have some storied players at the Islanders and for me to even be in the same
breath as Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier, I couldn't even
ask for anything else," the beaming rookie noted.
Barzal scored a convincing win against his fellow finalists as he received 160 of a possible 164 first-place
votes from the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
But the words of former Islander Calder recipients
had to be just as satisfying to hear for the team’s top returning player behind team captain and two-time Hart
Trophy finalist John Tavares, who will be eligible for unrestricted free agency on July 1.
"I saw more highlights of Mat than I did actual
games, which is a compliment," said Bossy, the franchise’s all-time leading goal scorer. "There's no doubt in
my mind that he's the top rookie in the NHL this year."
"He seems to be someone who enjoys the game very
much and of the new generation that seems to be extremely
confident in his abilities. Not much different than how I
was confident in my abilities when I started in the league."
Barzal’s confidence could have easily been shaken
after he his early demotion in October of 2016. But the
team’s first-round pick (16th overall) in the 2015 NHL
Draft spent the rest of that season in the minors, driving
the Seattle Thunderbirds to the WHL title by amassing
54 points and earning postseason MVP honors.
"Winning rookie of the year or just being nominated
is something special," Berard said of receiving his Calder
Trophy more than two decades ago.
"Just don't let it go to your head and keep doing what
you're doing. It's gotten him this far, so just keep having
fun with it and keep your confidence high,” he added.
There’s no doubting that Barzal is already looking
ahead to bigger and better things entering his second full
season with the Isles.
"That's where the bar is set now," he said.
"This is a fun three days, but there's a lot of work. It's
the Calder Trophy, it's not the Ted Lindsay or the Hart.
Those are the big boy awards. Hopefully one day I can
be back."

Barry Trotz is going from lifting the Stanley Cup two
weeks ago to trying to lift the New York Islanders back
to their former glory.
The former Washington Capitals head coach, fresh off
capturing that organization’s first-ever NHL championship, was reportedly nearing a five-year, $20 million
deal to become the man in charge here in Downtown
Brooklyn, according to several sources, including TSN’s
Darren Dreger, and now his hiring is official.
Trotz walked out on a built-in, two-year team option
in Washington, which would have paid him approximately $3 million total to remain with the Capitals after
they knocked off the expansion Las Vegas Golden
Knights in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals on June 7.
The contract dispute opened the door for Islanders
team president and general manager Lou Lamoriello to
swoop in and hire Trotz after he fired both GM Garth
Snow and head coach Doug Weight on June 5.
The architect of three Stanley Cup championships in
N.J., Lamoriello prudently waited to see how things
would shake out between the Capitals and Trotz before
filling the spot behind the bench.

Barry Trotz is on the verge of inking a ﬁve-year, $20
million pact to become the new head coach of the
New York Islanders, just two weeks after helping
the Washington Capitals win their ﬁrst-ever Stanley Cup.
AP Photo by Bill Sikes

Now, he will bring in a coach fresh off a brilliant fouryear run in Washington, D.C., where he guided the Caps
to four consecutive 100-plus point seasons, three straight
Metropolitan Division titles and, of course, the hoisting
of Lord Stanley’s Cup earlier this month in our nation’s
capital.
Though neither Trotz nor the Islanders was commenting on the hiring as of Thursday afternoon, the official
announcement was expected to be made some time
Thursday night or early Friday, just before the NHL Draft
kicks off in Dallas.
Trotz’ hiring could serve as an important lure for team
captain and two-time Hart Trophy finalist John Tavares
to remain with the only franchise he has ever skated for.
The Isles’ first overall pick in 2009 and undisputed
leader is eligible to begin hearing offers from other NHL
teams next week and will become an unrestricted free
agent on July 1.
Lamoriello has insisted that his mission is to return
the Isles to serious Stanley Cup contention, something
they have not achieved since winning four consecutive
NHL crowns from 1980-83.
Bringing in Trotz and finding a way to keep Tavares
are certainly two important steps toward achieving that
lofty goal.

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